The United States men’s national team wraps up its “friendly” preparation for the World Cup with its lone send-off series match against another team headed for Brazil: Nigeria.

Nigeria coach Stephen Keshi told PST’s Kyle Bonn that Nigeria plays a similar style to the Yanks’ first World Cup opponent in Ghana. And while Keshi wishes he had more time to get Nigeria ready for the big dance, the US coach sees the week-and-a-half of prep time for Ghana as plenty.

Klinsmann wasn’t interested in nailing down a formation for the media in Jacksonville on Friday, but he’ll be tipping his hand when he rolls out his Starting XI. The match kicks off at 6pm ET and will be just the second time the US has faced Nigeria (the first being a 3-2 win Stateside in 1995).

While Aron Johannsson and Clint Dempsey have tallied — the States other goals have come from Mix Diskerud and Fabian Johnson — and Chris Wondolowski did plenty of threatening against Azerbaijan, the Yanks have yet to see a goal from Jozy Altidore.

After the big man’s unproductive season for Sunderland, there’s been plenty of hope that No. 17 would find his quality national team form. But Altidore still hasn’t scored for the USMNT since an October goal against Jamaica. While there are good things to be said about his work in the send-off matches — just as there was for Sunderland — he still needs to put the ball between the sticks.

And it’d be nice to see Team America keep a clean sheet against a dangerous Nigeria team. It’s the last match before Ghana, and a perfect preparatory chance for Matt Besler and his back line mates.

The suffering Swans have had their share of poor performances this season — Clement later said January transfer spending “is a must” if the club wants to stay up — but he’s throwing his hands up in the air when it comes to Wednesday’s loss at the Liberty Stadium.

“At times it was horrible to be on the sideline watching that, seeing my side trying but suffering for long periods. They’re not the games that will decide our season but it was hard to watch at times because they were so dominant. For me, one of the best sides I’ve ever come across. So many good athletes, so many intelligent footballers and it’s really hard to pin them down. We actually had some attempts on their goal so I’m disappointed we didn’t get on the score sheet but they were a far superior side to us. We’ve got to put it aside that game. We’ve got Everton away (next) and we’ve got to try and pick something up there.”

All that’s left is for Clement to pick up a clarinet, awkwardly blow into it, then point at Pep Guardiola and say, “He’s good.”

United didn’t have it’s A-game, but that was okay thanks to fine defensive play from star backstop David De Gea and some gutsy tackles from Phil Jones. The goal came when Juan Mata‘s cross was nodded home by Romelu Lukaku in the 25th minute, and United rode that marker for all it was worth to stay three points ahead of third place Chelsea.

How good is Man City? Pep Guardiola‘s bunch have now won a Premier League record 15-straight in a single season, and have scored 52 goals while conceding just 11. Markers 49-52 came from David Silva (two), Kevin De Bruyne, and Sergio Aguero. Tottenham is next.

A ball bounded off Ahmed Hegazi’s body, and off Dominic Solanke‘s body and forearm to give Liverpool its presumed breakthrough, but the call was intentional handball. The Reds had myriad chances to score before that, but instead hand a point to the visiting Baggies.

The chances were there for dominant Arsenal, but the winning goal did not materialize at the London Stadium. Marko Arnautovic did everything but score when West Ham did manage the ball, and Javier Hernandez rattled the cage late, but David Moyes men had to settle for a well-earned point.

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Spurs are back in the Top Four thanks to a long Serge Aurier cross that fooled Mat Ryan and a Heung-Min Son deflection of a Christian Eriksen offering. Brighton’s just three points away from the drop zone with the loss.

Claude Puel‘s Foxes are flying, scoring goals for fun and encroaching on the Top Four after a horrible start to the Premier League season. Shinji Okazaki bagged his first Premier League brace, while Andy King and Riyad Mahrez also scored for Leicester, who is within five points of fourth and next faces Crystal Palace. Southampton’s goal came from Maya Yoshida.

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